It comes from Mississippi, and down in Alabam   Creepin' like a fever all across the land   From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore   The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more      It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum   Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun   Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock   Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock      Some say it came from Memphis down in Tennessee   Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953   Just as long as it's greasy, as long as it's fast   As long as it's pumpin' honey, it's gonna last      It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum   Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun   Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock   Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock      Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows   Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads   Burnin' like a fire runnin' wild in the woods   From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good      It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum   Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun   Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock   Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock      So when the heat starts to risin' and you gotta blow some steam   Take a ride down the river, you'll see just what I mean   The juke joint's jumpin', when that cat goes on   The whole place is shakin', there's a something goin' on      It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum   Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun   Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock   Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock   Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock   Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock